Artist
Olaf Skoogfors
born Bredsjo, Sweden 1930-died Mount Airy, PA 1975
- Also known as
- Gustav Olaf Jansson
- Gustav Olaf Johnson
- Olaf Gustav Skoogfors
- Born
- Bredsjo, Sweden
- Died
- Mount Airy, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nationalities
- American
- Biography
Olaf Skoogfors was influenced by his father’s career in engineering and was a self-proclaimed “constructivist by inclination.” He enjoyed building his compositions directly in metal, producing light-reflecting assemblages in gold-plated silver. He drew imagery from nature and from Scandinavian, Benin, pre-Columbian, Celtic, and Viking traditions.